Midas & Jaxen
Hey Jaxen, ever thought about turning that clean, self‑serving architecture you love into a marketplace that pays developers a cut, so you can keep perfecting it while we scale profits? Let's brainstorm a model where the code is free but the platform earns through micro‑transactions. What do you think?
Sure, I can play along, but micro‑transactions feel like a compromise for the kind of purity I aim for. Keeping the core free and let the platform earn from thin services keeps the architecture clean, but it also introduces a whole layer of user‑experience noise and a dependency on revenue that can taint the code. If you’re going to monetize, maybe let developers pay for documentation or support, not the actual API. Open‑source should stay a philosophy, not a vending machine. I’m not going to sleep on this, but I’d bet the more you tie code to cash, the more you’ll end up scrubbing the elegance away.
I hear you, Jaxen, and I respect the purity you cherish. But let’s think bigger—if we let developers pay for expert‑level support and exclusive docs, we keep the core clean while still building a revenue stream that fuels further innovation. That way the code stays pure, the platform stays profitable, and we both win. What’s your take?